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Open Source for Social Change: Celebrating the SocialCoding4Good Community
July just might be our favorite month—it’s certainly a time when we pause to look back at where we’ve been.…
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The Road to Accessibility without Borders: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty
One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)…
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Benetech May Provide Clues of How to Redefine IT Organizations of the Future, Says CIO Insight
Information technology organizations seeking to redefine the idea of service in the digital age can learn from Benetech and CEO…
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Google Employees Give Back by Participating in Several SocialCoding4Good Events
In June, at the company’s Mountain View headquarters and in Hyderabad, India, dozens of Google employees participated in SocialCoding4Good events…
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Benetech’s Bookshare Library Expands Services in Canada
Canadian Public Libraries Offer Hundreds of Thousands of Accessible eBooks to Patrons with Disabilities Palo Alto, California, July 8, 2014—Benetech…
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From Silicon Valley to the Hill: Educating Policymakers about Strong Crypto and Human Rights
Legislative staffers appreciate hearing from Benetech in our role as a Silicon Valley technology-for-good pioneer. Earlier this month, I had…
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Recent highlights
2023
- Business Mirror: An ebook Library for Those with Reading Barriers
- School Library Journal: Serving Blind and Low-Vision Children Well Benefits All Students. Here Are Suggestions.
- Publisher’s Weekly: Lerner Publishing Group’s New Partnership Centers Accessibility
- Publishing Perspectives: Pearson Named A Benetech Global Certified Accessible Publisher
- National Federation of the Blind (NFB): Getting Books on Time with Bookshare
- BBC News: Visually-impaired Nottingham Law Student Praises Book Scheme
2022
- Government Technology: DoE Grant to Fund Digital Materials for Disabled Students
- Forbes: How AI Is Being Used To Help Blind Students ‘Visualize’ Graphs And Charts
- K-12 Dive: Nonprofit Uses AI to Make STEM Materials More Accessible
- Edutopia: Tools for Supporting Students With Reading Disabilities
- Eyes on Success Podcast: 2214 Bookshare Reader for Smart Speakers
- AppleVis Podcast: AppleVis Extra #85: Hema Natarajan Discusses the Upcoming Bookshare Reader Suite for Web, Mobile, and Smart Speaker
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- K-12 Dive: 3 Inclusive Education Myths Busted